![]() She has driven over an hour, from Sullivan County. The management kept telling us to disperse.” So many people kept coming into the one room that we were in violation of the fire laws. “I remember one gathering where we had a woman come and discuss sex toys. “There’s a mix of serious and lighter programming,” Jelacic says. Other gatherings are held at New York City hotels, among other places. Mid-Hudson regional gatherings are alcohol-free because they are held at SUNY’s Ashokan Field campus. He tells us that Mid-Hudson Mensa has about 200 members-about 20 percent of whom get actively involved and like to get together to eat pizza and chocolate, laugh, and watch old “Rocky and Bullwinkle” cartoons. ![]() Proctor Jim Jelacic is an affable guy, full of Mensa anecdotes. On the day I go to take The Test there are five of us there at the Marlboro library. She says her body is her temple, and she likes it decorated.” We have a senior citizen member who’s a really amazing golfer and contra dancer, and he said he always thought high intelligence and athletic ability went together-well, I’m living proof that that’s not true! There are some who are the classic pocket-protector nerd types, and then our new president-she’s covered head to toe with tattoos. The only common thread tends to be a love of books and word play. I would personally like to believe that with high intelligence comes some degree of liberalism, but I’ve come to realize that’s far from true. “The only thing people in Mensa really have in common,” says New Paltz resident Bibi Sandstrom, who joined up while still residing in Indiana, “is that they scored well on a specific test on a specific day. There are Mensans in the gutter and Mensans in high places. The Mensa cliché: Trying to lead Mensans is like trying to herd cats. The idea of solving world problems was abandoned fairly early on, as it was discovered that being bright didn’t necessarily imply agreement on how to do that or even on what the problems were. The only qualification for admission is a score above the 98th percentile on an intelligence test, either the one administered by Mensa itself or one of a variety of others. Mensa was founded in the 1940s by two British lawyers whose original vision involved the world’s brightest people gathering together to solve the world’s toughest problems. Yet, facing the actual test for the sake of this assignment, I had to wonder-especially given a plethora of inarguably stupid things I’ve done since the age of 16-whether I’d actually make the cut. So when the subject of Mensa came up, I was able to rest on long-ago laurels. On the other hand, my score on their online “workout” test was mediocre. ![]() I did know, however, that my nearly 30-year-old SAT scores would qualify me should I ever choose to join Mensa accepts a variety of intelligence tests, not just the ones they themselves administer. Fresh Mart will be held from 30 September to 30 October and the booth will be set up in front of the Student Life Centre.Like most people who read, I’d heard about Men-sa-the international society for those of high intelligence-but seldom given it much thought. ![]() These semester, there are more than 300 students involved and all the proceeds will go to the Local Farmers Foundation and O rang Asli F oundation. TBS lecturer Premagowrie Sivanandan said, “Students are able to understand team dynamics and utilize the power of teamwork, and to explore one’s leadership skills.”įresh Mart is being executed every semester since March 2013, and it aims to expose students to how a small business is conducted, applying the accounting, preparing financial statements and contributing to society. Lim is one of the team leaders of Fresh Mart. “Fresh Mart gives me an opportunity to lead my team and it actually helps me prepare for the workplace,” Lim said. TBS student Lim Dhi Ren, 19, said Fresh Mart has improved his leadership and communication skills. TBS student Teh Kah Hoe, 20, said, “It is a good experience for us, and I believe it will be a beneficial one to our juniors in the future too.” TBS student Tang Yik Fuang, 19, added that they can learn from each other through this project, everyone’s strengths and weaknesses are balanced out. “We are only given around one week to plan and prepare, and everyone has a part to play,” Lee said. TBS student Gordon Lee Kwang Hui, 19, said this project is more than just a normal assignment or business it unites them as a team as they have to work together to achieve their target. SUBANG JAYA: Fresh Mart Project, an initiative by Taylor’s Business School (TBS), equipped students involved with soft skills such as teamwork and leadership.įresh Mart is a major assignment under the Introduction to Accounting module whereby students are divided into groups and are required to achieve a target of RM2,000 by selling fruits in campus.
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